12-year-old boy thought he was hit by a baseball, but was actually shot in the leg

A 12-year-old boy was admitted into the hospital after what he thought was an injury from a baseball turned out to be a gunshot wound.

The boy was on the football field at Champion Schools, in San Tan Valley, with a friend around 3 p.m. last Wednesday when he "heard a pop and his leg started to hurt," according to a news release from Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

The boy told school officials that he had been hit by a baseball. The boy's mother was at the school at that time, and school officials helped her get him into her car, the release said.

The boy was taken to Gila River Health Care where doctors determined that he had a small caliber gunshot wound to his leg and notified police, the release stated.

Police are still not sure where the incident occurred exactly. During the time the boy was hit, many kids and staff were in the area and no one has claimed to have heard a gun shot, the release showed.

Early evidence at the scene is indicating "that the student was possibly shot at close range," but police are still waiting "for more conclusive results," the release said.

Detectives have found nothing to show that the school or students were targeted or that the school is in any danger, the release showed.